Weather-strip



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BENJAMIN F. HIGGINS AND All/IOS SKINNER, OF OSWEGO, KANSAS.

WEATHER-STFU P.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 420,067, dated January28, 1890. Application filed July 27, 1889. Serial N0.318,895. (Nomodel.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern.-

Beit known that we, BENJAMIN F. HIGGINS and AMOS SKINNER, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Oswego, in the county of Labette andState of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Weather-Strip, of whichthe following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in weather-strips.

The object of the present invention is to simplify and improve theconstruction of hinged weather-strips and render them more durable.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

Figure I is a perspective view of a door provided with the improvedweather-strip. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view showing theposition of parts when the door is closed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, A designates a door, which isprovided at its side edges at the lower end with plates B, which lieflush with the bottom of the door, and which extend outward and havepivoted between them a weather-strip C, which is adapted when the dooris closed to lie flat against the inclined side of the sill. .The platesare constructed of suitable metal, and are preferably secured to thedoor by screws, and are provided in their ends b with openings 112,through which pass screws, by means of which the strip is pivoted to theplates C.

The strip C is approximately L-shaped, and has its upper portion c',which is above the pivotal point, engaged by a spring plate or guard Dand normally held vertical, the other portion o2 of the strip Cextending out horizontally.

The guard D is constructed of sheet metal and has its upper edgesecuredto the door above the strip C, and the lower portion of the guardis bulged out and the free edge thereof bears against the upper portionc of the strip.

When the door A is closed, the weatherstrip engages inclined edges a ofthe doorframe, which forces it tightly down upon the threshold. Thedoor-frame is provided upon both sides with recesses a to receive thebulged-out portion of the guard D.

From the foregoing it will clearly be seen that in weather-stripsconstructed in accordance with this invention the guard itself serves asthe spring to hold the strip, which makes a very simple and inexpensiveconstruction, adapted to be readily secured to a door.

What we claim isl. A hinged weather-strip comprising the plates designedto be secured to a door and have lower edges lying flush with the lowerhorizontal edges of the door and provided with outward-extendingcnds h,the strip pivoted between the plates and adapted when the door is closedto lie flat against the inclined side of a sill, and a guard constructedof spring metal and extending across the front of the door near thebottom and adapted to bear against the upper portion of the weatherstripabove the pivotal point to press the same against the door,substantially as described.

2. The combination, with an ordinary door, of the plates B, secured tothe side edges of the door and lying flush with the horizontal bottomedge and projecting outward, the strip pivoted between the plates andadapted when the door isclosed to lie flat against the inclined side ofa sill, and the guard constructed of suitable spring metal and securedto and extending across the door above the strip and having its freeedge bearing against the lat- -ter above the pivotal point to press thesame to the door, substantially as described.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have heretoaflixed our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

BENJAMIN F. HIGGINS. AMOS SKINNER. Witnesses:

I-I; C. DRAPER, L. BAKER.

